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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Researchers develop two-legged robot that walks like an animated characterWhen Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he didn't give much thought to how he might bring his character to life in the real world. But robotics now puts that possibility within reach, so Disney researchers have found a way for a robot to mimic an animated character's walk.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-two-legged-robot-animated-character.html
Robotics Tue, 26 May 2015 09:57:53 EDTnews351853064Tackling the challenges of putting robots on the shop floor and in our homes (w/ Video)Two researchers in the pioneering Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have received awards through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Robotics Initiative to investigate and overcome fundamental challenges involved with robots working alongside people in settings such as manufacturing plants and the homes of the elderly.http://phys.org/news/2014-02-tackling-robots-floor-homes-video.html
Robotics Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:51:25 EDTnews310665064Robots learn to take a proper handoff by following digitized human examplesA humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh in a project partially funded by the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) at Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).http://phys.org/news/2013-05-robots-proper-handoff-digitized-human.html
Robotics Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:38 EDTnews288267089NASA uses Leap Motion to move ATHLETE rover (w/ video)(Phys.org) —NASA representatives were at the 2013 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to show how the ATHLETE robot, a six-legged robot developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California, can move via remote control with the Leap Motion device. Victor Luo and Jeff Norris, from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, presided over the demo. Luo told the audience of game industry professionals:http://phys.org/news/2013-04-nasa-motion-athlete-rover-video.html
Space Exploration Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:04:53 EDTnews284011463Robotic arm able to capture force for accurate calligraphy reproduction (w/ Video)(Phys.org)—Researchers at Keio University in Japan have built a robot arm that is capable of capturing the nuances involved in the writing form known as calligraphy. The Motion Copy System uses motion capture in a new way to faithfully recreate the strokes of master calligraphers.http://phys.org/news/2012-10-robotic-arm-capture-accurate-calligraphy.html
Robotics Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:57:14 EDTnews269258212Your next assembly lines may have Baxter robot doing pick-up (w/ Video)(Phys.org)—Rethink Robotics is introducing Baxter to the manufacturing sector with a note: Baxter can ignite a revolution in breaking down costs and safety barriers holding back automation in American manufacturing. The Boston-based company says the $22,000 (list price) robot is a fraction of the cost of traditional industrial robots "with zero integration required." Baxter has been expressly designed to work on assembly lines to perform menial tasks. Baxter has two arms, each with seven degrees of freedom, and a reach similar to that of a human, to take over the mindless menial tasks. It can load, unload, sort, pack, unpack, snap-fit, grind and polish. http://phys.org/news/2012-09-lines-baxter-pick-up-video.html
Robotics Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:55:52 EDTnews267198938Radar technology: Now housed within thumbtack-sized chipToday's parking assistant systems enable drivers to safely park their cars even in the narrowest of gaps. Such sophisticated parking aids, and also manufacturing robots which, to move about in unknown environments, require millimeter precision control, rely on precise all-around radar distance measurement. Together with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the SUCCESS Consortium now has succeeded in integrating the necessary radar technology into millimeter-sized chip housings. http://phys.org/news/2012-09-radar-technology-housed-thumbtack-sized-chip.html
Engineering Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:13:32 EDTnews266483567Robots learn to pick up oddly shaped objects(Phys.org) -- When Cornell engineers developed a new type of robot hand that could pick up oddly shaped objects it presented a challenge: It was easy for a human operator to choose the best place to take hold of an object, but an autonomous robot, like the ones we may someday have helping around the home or office, would need a new kind of programming. So they have developed a procedure -- an algorithm -- that allows a robot to learn grasping skills from experience and apply them in new situations.http://phys.org/news/2012-05-robots-oddly.html
Robotics Wed, 09 May 2012 03:43:22 EDTnews255753770Surfboard-sized drones crossing pacific to monitor sea surfaceHundreds of miles off the California coast, four drones about the size of surfboards and are tossing across the Pacific toward Hawaii, controlled by pilots on shore.http://phys.org/news/2012-01-surfboard-sized-drones-pacific-sea-surface.html
Earth Sciences Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:01 EDTnews246092367Gymnastics for robotsA current research project of the Austrian Science Fund FWF focuses on the motion safety and efficiency of robots. The objective of the research is to improve the control of robot movements with the help of new mathematical approaches. For this purpose, the primary focus lies on the identification of situations in which a collision may occur and the planning of an optimal motion path. Crucial factors for the initiation of this project were new developments in the areas of motion planning, computer-aided design and algebraic geometry. Within the framework of this project, algebraic methods for the control of robot motions are being used for the first time in combination with numeric and geometric methods.http://phys.org/news/2011-08-gymnastics-robots.html
Robotics Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:05:30 EDTnews233813103A tiltable head could improve the ability of undulating robots to navigate disaster debris (w/ video)Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubble environments could have helped rescuers after these natural disasters, but building such machines is challenging.http://phys.org/news/2011-05-tiltable-ability-undulating-robots-disaster.html
Robotics Mon, 09 May 2011 15:50:50 EDTnews224174997Teaching robots to move like humans (w/ Video)When people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people? How can robots use non-verbal communication to interact more naturally with humans? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that when robots move in a more human-like fashion, with one movement leading into the next, that people can not only better recognize what the robot is doing, but they can also better mimic it themselves. The research is being presented today at the Human-Robot Interaction conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.http://phys.org/news/2011-03-robots-humans-video.html
Robotics Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:04:23 EDTnews218721793Robotic suit nothing short of a miracleIn the December 7 episode of the TV hit Glee, the character Artie, a high school student who is confined to a wheelchair, gets up and starts walking. Was the device "just Hollywood magic or based on real science?" asks a recent Newsweek article. The good news for some 125,000 paraplegics in the U.S., is that the device, called ReWalk, got its start at the Technion incubator, and is very real.http://phys.org/news/2010-12-robotic-short-miracle.html
Engineering Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:07:37 EDTnews212245645Robot waiters in China never lose patience(AP) -- Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant, where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips.http://phys.org/news/2010-12-robot-waiters-china-patience.html
Robotics Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:20:10 EDTnews212213985Robots closer to performing bed baths (w/ Video)(PhysOrg.com) -- Cody, a robot built at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S., has been demonstrated initiating contact with a live person and cleaning their arm and leg using wiping motions. This leads the way towards a robot that will in the future be able to autonomously carry out bed baths on live patients.http://phys.org/news/2010-11-robots-closer-bed-video.html
Robotics Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:40:01 EDTnews208674371Researchers reconstruct 3-D hand movement using brain signalsResearchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems. Such a non-invasive system could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair -- a huge advance for people with disabilities or paralysis.http://phys.org/news/2010-03-reconstruct-d-movement-brain.html
Neuroscience Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:34:20 EDTnews186773632Eureqa, the robot scientist (w/ Video)(PhysOrg.com) -- A new program, Eureqa, takes raw data and formulates scientific laws to suit, and it is available by free download to all scientists.http://phys.org/news/2009-12-eureqa-robot-scientist-video.html
Computer Sciences Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:30:01 EDTnews179394947